hathaway served in the obama administration acting senior director for cyberspace. assembled a team of experienced experts to conduct the 60 day review of cyberspace policy review. in may 2009 the president presented the elegant blueprint, cyberspace and under ms. hathaway's tsk leave, she continued to do things. recognizing the experts in this world. and so we were very pleased to have with us and please welcome melissa have the way. [applause] >> thank you. i'm very honored to be here at the potomac institute. thank you for your lead. the institute is really known for translating complex technology issues and more simple terms for the policymakers. the potomac institute was a strong partner while i was working in the bush administration to help us have a neutral ground to have the kind of conversation about ever security and the needs of the nation and helping us with the forward-looking policy perspective. thank you again for hosting this today. and i'm not sure how i can't follow dennis and brad they are amazing. so i'm going to take a little bit of a te perspec